Hellogoodbye - I wanna see the states

^EI wanna see the states ^{A E}I wanna see the states ^{B E}From the foggy Golden Gate to the ^Agreat Michigan lakes ^EI wanna ^Bsee the states ^A

^EOh, how did you get to this town? ^EWas it where you were born or did you mo^Bve around? ^ECalifornia’s got place^As down south ^FmWe can lay in the sun on the ^Bbeach ^EDrive up the Oregon coas^At ^EIts rocky and lighthouses d^Aot it for most of the way Through to Washington—Cascadian snow ^FmOn the tips of Olympian ^Bpeaks ^{A E}North to Alaska and w^Be had no fear ^EWe were on to the future, the fi^Bnal frontier ^C#mWhile in Hawaii they’re probably righteously Surfing the worlds greatest brea^Bks ^EBut oh, ^AIdaho ^{E A}Has got ^Ethe most ^BRespecta^C#mble ^AFolks we know ^EWe’ll follow the Rockies ^A& never stop roam^C#ming Through Colo^Brado, Montana, Wyoming ^ADown in New Mexico, we’r^C#me eating green chilies ^F#mWe’ll hit the slopes up i^Bn Park City, Utah ^A

^EWell, I wanna see the st^Aates ^EI wanna see the s^Btates ^EFrom Nevada's Vegas s^Btrange to the wicked pines of Maine ^EI wanna ^Bsee the ^Astates ^E

^EDeep down in Texas, there’s br^Aight starry skies ^EOklahomians all real^Bize ^EThat the sun never sets we’re just^C#m spinning around ^ASpun up to Kansas and cl^Bung to the ground ^ESlipped off the great plain to S^Aouthern Missouri ^EA creek and a sunset with no ^Bneed to hurry ^EJust lazily drifting the g^Areat Mississippi ^EThrough Tennessee, Arkan^Bsas and Kentucky ^EDown to the bayous of Lo^C#muisiana ^AGlowing fireflies down in Ala^Bbama ^ALit up your face like you’re next to t^F#mhe moon ^ASouth Carolina, we’ll be ge^Btting there soon ^EBut Ohio^{A E A}Has got the m^Eost ^F#mFestivals And ^Bswing votes ^ASpan Indiana right over the cr^C#mossroads ^AIn Illinois we had de^Bep dish and hot dogs ^ACornhuskers score a Nebr^Easkan point and I ^F#mHear some music from ^Bdowntown Des Moines Iowa ^A

^EAnd I wanna see the ^Astates ^EI wanna see the ^Bstates ^EFrom Florida’s southern cays to th^Be Delaware tax rates ^EI wanna ^Bsee the sta^Ates ^EI wanna dip my feet into the ^Asand ^EI wanna dive into the Rio G^Brande ^EFrom the tall Virginian trees to a ^Bsultry Georgian breeze ^EI wanna ^Bsee the la^And

F^Eall in New Hampshire ^AWe stopped by the woods ^EWith paid parking meters by ^Brogue Robin Hoods ^EFreedom and unity o^A’er in Vermont ^F#mThere’s hope in Rhode Island t^Bo live how we want ^ESo live how you like but I l^Aove Massachusetts ^F#mNew York's got places where ^Bwe can get loose ^EIt's like everything you ever w^Aanted at once ^F#mWe’ll go upstate, and we can^B stay there for months ^EWe’ll cut through the forests t^Ao Hartford, Connecticut ^ECan’t help but love famou^As New Jersey etiquette ^C#mO’er in DC on th^Ae Capitol Hill ^F#mHistoric decisions are ^Bbeing made still ^EThe West Virginian mountains are ^F#mwild and wonderful ^ENorth Carolina where ^Bautumn is colorful ^F#mCrabbing in Maryland, ^Bhoagies in Harrisburg ^APennsylvania d^Beclared us America^A

^C#mBut it's far ^{A C#m}It's far ^{A C#m}Oh it's far Yeah, it's far betw^Been them ^F#mBut take it from me ^EIt’s worth all the long car rides t^Bo see them ^F#mJust wait till you see ^EYosemite or New ^BEngland ^F#mThey’ll make you believe i^En life, liberty, and^B freedom ^A

^EWell, I wanna see the ^Astates ^EI wanna see the ^Bstates ^EFrom the lakes of Minnesota ^ATo the North and South Dakotas ^EI wanna ^Bsee the ^Astates ^EI wanna dip my feet into the ^Asand ^EI wanna dive into the Rio G^Brande ^EFrom the Arizona desert ^BTo Wisconsin’s snowy weather ^EI wanna s^Bee the ^Aland ^EI wanna ^Bsee the ^Eland